Name of traditional Chinese/Mongolian dress?

Question

On the Olympics and at a Mongolian wedding, I saw this dress that has a collar that is up and surrounds the neck, it's so beautiful. What is it called?

Answer 1

Those dresses are actually of Chinese origin i believe. They're called qipao. But those you saw at the Olypmics on those women are not the real traditional ones. Those are slightly modified, because the traditional one can look rather dull for such a grand occasion. Search the internet, type in qipao on Google. All the information you need will be there, plus pictures. And those at weddings are also more elaborate.  

Answer 2

maybe you are talking about cheong-sam?

in Chinese it's 旗袍 = qi2-pao2

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Answer 3

You can call it a gown.

There are numerous clothing designs and forms in Chinese ethnic minorities. Generally speaking, they can be classified into two types: long gowns and short clothes. People usually wear a hat and boots to match long gowns, and headcloth and shoes to match short clothes. The gowns take various forms: the high-collar and big-front type worn by the Mongolian, the Manchu, the Tu and so on; the collarless tilted-front type worn by the Tibetan, the Moinba and so on; the tilted-front type worn by the Uygur and other ethnic minorities; and so on. As for short clothes, they fall into two types: trousers and skirts.

In terms of fashion of skirts, there are pleated skirts, tube skirts, short skirts, one-piece dress and so on. In any kind of clothes, no matter it is the gown, the coat, the skirt, or the trousers, different ethnic minority groups employ different structures, techniques and styles. Take high-collared big gowns for example. Some of them have kick pleat, some don't have any kick pleat, some have kick pleat both in front and on the back, and some have front and back kick pleat and edging all around. Women of the Li, the Dai, the Jingpo, the De'ang ethnic minorities and so on all wear tube skirts, but those tube skirts worn by the Li are brocade skirts made of cotton, those worn by the Jingpo are woolen multicolored skirts, those worn by the De'ang are skirts with horizontal stripes, and those worn by the Dai are usually skirts made of common cloth.

Costumes of ethnic minorities vary greatly not only with different nationalities, but also with different branches and different regions within the same ethnic group. Difference can be seen from province to province, from county to county, and even from village to village. Costume is the most obvious symbol of an ethnic group, and in the history, many ethnic groups were named just according to their garments.